Less Than 2 Dozen US Military Were Sent To Somalia, After 20 Years

After the 20 year’s (when the 18 Americans were killed during the “Black Hawk Down” mission), The US army forces has sent a small number of “uniformed trainers and advisers” to the volatile of Somali’s Capital Mogadishu.

According to three US military officials (told to Washington Post), “A small cell of less than two-dozen US military personnel has been stationed in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, since last fall in an effort to advise and coordinate with African troops fighting Al-Shabab, an Islamic militia with ties to Al-Qaeda,”

Three secret US military officials told The Post US Africa Command sent a small amount of advisers to Mogadishu in the fall to coordinate the cell with Somali security forces and a regional coalition of African troops.

According to the ABC report, “US personnel have gone into Somalia, but the latest deployment is the permanent posting 1993

In October 1993, a task force of US Army Rangers and Delta Force commandos engaged in a fierce battle with Somali warlord Mohamed Farah Aideed’s fighters in Mogadishu. The US was there in support of a United Nations humanitarian mission.

In recent years, the US has spent over US$500 million to train and arm an African Union security force of over 18,000 soldiers amid ongoing chaos and famine in Somalia. Most of the forces are trained outside Somalia by US contractors and uniformed military advisers. The US has also spent around $170 million to boost the often-ineffective Somali national army.

According to the Washington Post’s report, “fewer than two-dozen troops were sent to Mogadishu” According to the ABC News reported later Friday, “less than” According to the Department of Defense official, “five US advisers are now stationed there,”

Less Than 2 Dozen US Military Were Sent To Somalia, After 20 Years